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A sentimental moment: In 1992, in music theory class we gathered around the full score and followed along with a recording from start to finish. We were so exhausted by the time it was over, just following the score!

In terms of dissonance, Schoenberg was doing something very different and more abstract (to my ears), but the Rite is such a brutally visceral experience. My heart rate increases just listening to it!

I heard it again today and was a little surprised at how visceral it still sounds, even after a century. I can understand why it provoked a riot -- the primal energy it taps into must have been hugely disturbing for a 1913 audience.Some parallels with Freud, maybe?